The purpose of this scholarship is to provide funding to:
- conduct a small study or complete an existing study* (where funds are currently insufficient); and
- present study findings at the ISBNPA 2026 conference.
(*) please note that the timeframe is limited and the abstract needs to be submitted for the late breaking abstract submission deadline (March 4, 2026)
1. Who is eligible?
- Applicants should be early or mid-career researchers residing and working in an LMIC, as recognised by the World Bank. Applications from early career researchers from high-income countries will be assessed only when an appropriate justification of the difficulties of getting research funding is provided in the application.
- Each applicant should identify a mid-career or senior researcher willing to act as a mentor for their project. This person could be in the same country or from another country. It would be preferable for the mentor to be a member of ISBNPA.
2. Available funding
If applying to present in the in-person meeting:
- US$1500 research grant + US$1500 conference travel scholarship + free conference registration + registration to the NESI pre-conference workshop (if the applicant is an early career researcher)
3. What the funding can be used for?
- Research-related costs, e.g., transport for data collection, fieldworker costs, equipment, materials and supplies for data collection.
- Salary costs of an early career researcher (Masters or PhD student, or postdoc ≤5 years post PhD) to complete a specific research task, e.g., collect data, complete data analysis.
4. What the funding cannot be used for?
- Salary contribution for a mid-career or senior researcher
- Institutional costs (e.g., university research levies, overheads)
- Article publication fees. The applicants may submit a waiver request to IJBNPA that will be considered by the editor-in-Chief.
5. Timeline & procedure
| Task | Dates |
|---|---|
| Call opens for funding applications | September 3, 2025 |
| Deadline for funding applications | October 12, 2025 |
| Decision on funding applications communicated | October 26, 2025 |
| Successful applicants will sign a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with ISBNPA | November 9, 2025 |
| Funding awarded and first payment 800 USD (only once MoA signed) | November 15, 2024 |
| Complete data collection and analysis | January 31, 2026 |
| Submit abstract | March 4, 2026 |
| Second Payment (US$700) | March 29, 2026 |
| Travel funding awarded when submitted abstract is accepted, the funds will be available only after the conference, via reimbursement | March 29, 2026 |
| Attend ISBNPA 2026 | May 27-30, 2026 |
6. What if deadlines are not met?
A motivation for extending deadline/s should be submitted to the ISBNPA selection committee.
If two deadlines are not met, ISBNPA reserves the right to not pay further instalments, and to withdraw the offer of funding to attend the ISBNPA conference.
7. Application Form
The application form is available in the link below. We strongly advise you to visit the form in advance of preparing the submission.
8. Any questions?
Please contact: Dr Ana Maria Contardo-Ayala, a.contardoayala@deakin.edu.au.